# Kids aren’t chickens **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928 "2019-06-23T14:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/21 "2019-06-26T19:39:29Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Could be that she’s naturally impaired (i.e.: something ain’t right in her head without the help of booze and/or drugs). That sounds likely to me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/22 "2019-06-26T19:47:56Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Does anyone really believe this was a game, and not just booze/drugs? As others have said, there are people in this world who can make really stupid decisions without any outside impairment. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/23 "2019-06-26T20:02:59Z")
While clearly not the same thing as pointing a nearly 3 ton vehicle at children, as a preteen I’d deliberately ride my bicycle toward two younger friends of mine. We were having fun until some nearby adults pointed out how dangerous this was and thankfully put a stop to it before anyone got hurt. Maybe this supposed adult never got that message. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/24 "2019-06-26T21:38:22Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > While clearly not the same thing as pointing a nearly 3 ton vehicle at children, as a preteen I’d deliberately ride my bicycle toward two younger friends of mine. We were having fun until some nearby adults pointed out how dangerous this was and thankfully put a stop to it before anyone got hurt. > > Maybe this supposed adult never got that message. Aaah, so it’s your neighbors fault. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/25 "2019-06-26T21:58:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > As others have said, there are people in this world who can make really stupid decisions without any outside impairment. I can’t find it offhand, but several years ago there was a local story about a woman who was sitting in the passenger seat of a car, videotaping her teenage son driving. She kept laughing and prodding him to go faster, which he did. In the meantime one could hear a teenage girl in the backseat screaming in fright and begging him to slow down. But the mother (and I use the term advisedly) kept egging her son on, and he kept going faster. Until he inevitably lost control of the car and slammed into a bridge support, killing himself and several others, including the screaming girl. The woman survived, as did the videotape, which led to the prosecutor filing charges (something along the lines of “reckless endangerment”). She then tried to claim hardship because she had lost her beloved son. (Another segment of the videotape featured her young — maybe five or six — daughter. When the woman said “shake your moneymaker” the little girl turned around, bent over and wiggled her bottom. What a role model.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/26 "2019-06-26T23:02:19Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Aaah, so it’s your neighbors fault. 😕 The fault obviously lies with the nut behind the wheel but some of us suspect mitigating circumstances were involved. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/27 "2019-06-26T23:25:57Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > …But the mother (and I use the term advisedly) kept egging her son on, and he kept going faster. Until he inevitably lost control of the car and slammed into a bridge support, killing himself and several others, including the screaming girl. The woman survived, as did the videotape, which led to the prosecutor filing charges (something along the lines of “reckless endangerment”). She then tried to claim hardship because she had lost her beloved son… This (while tragic) reminds me of the definition of “chutzpah”: to confess to the court that you killed both your parents, but request mercy because you are now an orphan. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/28 "2019-06-27T23:38:12Z")
> [@Swampwolf](#): > > So…she drives straight at her kids, expecting them to get out of the way, right? In front of her apartment, where (I would assume) she often drives. Hits one of her kids, and _ **thinks it’s a speed bump?** _ Parent of the year, right there. I read this in another article, but that claim was made when she was first talking to the police and before they reviewed the surveillance video. She never thought it was a speed bump. As for why she went over the kid the second time, who knows. Crazy or impaired I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/29 "2019-06-28T00:27:40Z")
Caller to 911: I think I ran over my kid! I thought it was a speed bump! I think he’s dead! Operator: Stay calm, ma’am. Are you sure he’s dead? [sound of car passing over bump a second time] Caller: Okay, now what? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/30 "2019-06-28T15:15:25Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Caller to 911: I think I ran over my kid! I thought it was a speed bump! I think he’s dead! > > Operator: Stay calm, ma’am. Are you sure he’s dead? > > [sound of car passing over bump a second time] > > Caller: Okay, now what? No! No! No! No! No! You totally blew the set up of the [world’s funniest joke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_funniest_joke) Operator: Stay calm, ma’am. \*\* Make\*\* sure he’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/31 "2019-06-28T15:19:31Z")
It was an artistic choice and I stand by it. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/32 "2019-06-28T15:52:20Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > She appears to be working on that. > > Am I going to go to hell? > [@kayaker](#): > > But she needs the eggs… > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > A kid like this, you don’t eat all at once. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Caller to 911: I think I ran over my kid! I thought it was a speed bump! I think he’s dead! > > Operator: Stay calm, ma’am. Are you sure he’s dead? > > [sound of car passing over bump a second time] > > Caller: Okay, now what? I’m going to hell right along with you guys for cracking up at these. Shame they don’t outweigh the utter tragedy of the subject, but there we go. For the avoidance of doubt, this is commentary, not criticism. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/33 "2019-06-28T16:06:25Z")
Is the OP implying it’s OK and/or common to play chicken with a chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/34 "2019-06-28T18:12:31Z")
I know the originals for the other jokes, but not for “But she needs the eggs…” Which leads me to **Dead Cat** ’s comment. Well done. Or should I say “over hard”? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928/35 "2019-06-28T18:16:05Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I know the originals for the other jokes, but not for “But she needs the eggs…” A man visit a psychiatrist, saying, “Doctor, my son thinks he’s a chicken.” The psychiatrist suggests that the boy be sent to an institution. “We’d like to do that,” says the man, “but we need the eggs.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-aren-t-chickens/835928.md?page=1)